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Which Golden Ratio??? .......Help

I have seen a few different golden ratio's BUT I am not sure what is the right one to use.
I have seen the Olsen one - 1X 1.25 X 3.2
Boner - 1.00 X 1.26 X 1.59
Louden - 1.0 X 1.40 X 1.9
the other one - 1 X 1.6 X 2.33

Can anybody tell me what ratio to use before I screw up my project!! Also are cathedral ceilings bad for acoustics - I have a room that has 8' 9" high walls that go up to a 16 ft vaulted ceiling!! Should I build a dry-wall ceiling and cut off the top part of the peak/ cathedral??

Thanks for any HELP!!
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gregm
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The golden ratio is 1:1,618. It was used, it seems, in ancient Greece and Egypt.

I don't know about its applicability to room dimensions (assuming that's what you want it for). If that's the case, why not ask Rives about the text-book dimensions of the "perfect" room? Cheers
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dekay
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Greg:

Yes, either Rives or a Templer.
clueless
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Hi:

I think "Perfect room" is an oxymoron. One reason i suppose Rives developed the "parc" electronics and why drivers in a box inevitably need corrective circuits and close attention to baffles etc...

There are other versions of the ratio too. Bolt, Sepmeyer,Volkmann....I don't think it's the absolute supremacy of one over the other so much as using one, measuring it's weekness in your particular application, and then making adjustments for it.

Cheers
I remain,
sol322
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Go to the Cardas website you can find info there or in the reference accoustics books
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